Mercury is a highly toxic and highly mobile heavy metal. It has been regarded as more toxic
than other nonessential and toxic nonradioactive heavy metals. Moreover, it has a high …

The heavy metal mercury is a non-essential hazardous element which concentrates up the
food chain. It is necessary to assess the ecological risk of mercury to establish proper …

The water flea Daphnia magna is a small planktonic cladoceran. D. magna has been used
as a model species for ecotoxicology, as it is sensitive to environmental stressors and …

The growing use of plastics, including microplastics (MPs), has enhanced their potential
release into aquatic environments, where microalgae represent the basis of food webs. Due …

Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are a relatively new strain of materials for which little is
understood about their impacts. A species sensitivity distribution (SSDs) is a cumulative …

Heavy metals have adverse effects to aquatic organisms, and endocrine-disrupting
chemicals (EDCs) alter the normal functioning of hormones in living organisms. In the …

Mercury is an industrial pollutant of global concern. Currently entomofauna is disappearing
and chemical pollution is one cause, however, it is unknown whether mercury is an …

Mercury contamination from industrial and agricultural drainage into lakes and rivers is a
growing concern in Northern China. Lake Ulansuhai, located in Hetao irrigation district in …

The acute toxicity of Tl (I) to the microalga, Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata, the planktonic
crustaceans, Daphnia magna and Daphnia pulex, and early-life stage of the zebrafish …

The preparation of hybrid silsesquioxanes-based nanoporous materials was achieved
through Friedel–Crafts reaction of cage-type octavinylsilsesquioxane with ladder-type …